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Incidents: detention and violence in Asia, outcome reversed

Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.

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Date	Incident	Country	Tactic	Head of government	Outcome
13 February 2019	Philippines: Rappler's Maria Ressa arrested over cyber libel case	Philippines (RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180)	Detention and violence	Rodrigo Duterte	Reversed (14 February 2019)
3 September 2018	Myanmar sentences two Reuters journalists to seven years under the Official Secrets Act for reporting on a massacre	Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180)	Secrets and espionage laws	Aung San Suu Kyi	Reversed (7 May 2019)
1 September 2015	Azerbaijan: investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova sentenced to 7.5 years	Azerbaijan (RSF rank: not recorded)	Detention and violence	Ilham Aliyev	Reversed (25 May 2016)
31 July 1980	South Korea's martial-law government purges journalists who resisted press controls	South Korea (RSF 2026 rank: 47th of 180)	Licensing and closure of outlets	Chun Doo-hwan	Reversed (1 June 1987)
21 September 1972	Philippines President Marcos closes every major news outlet under martial law	Philippines (RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180)	Shutdowns and blocking	Ferdinand Marcos	Reversed (25 February 1986)

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